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Here's a worksheet to calculate how much child support the non-custodial parent should pay the custodial parent. (In Florida we have child support guidelines, ie a statutory formula for determining child support.) The sheet can be printed out using your web browser. (Click here to see the Florida Child Support Statute which defines such things as "Net Income". (hit the "Back" button of your browser when done) Note that where the non-custodial parent spends a "substantial" or "significant" amount of time with the children there can be a deviation from the child support guidelines. In that case, the child support worksheet from our forms page should be used. (see below for additional explanation)

1. Father's net monthly income $__________________

2. Mother's net monthly income $_________________

3. Combined net monthly income $________________

4. There is (are) {number}____ minor child(ren) common to the parties.

Click here to go to the child support guidelines. Scroll all the way down to the column of numbers and find your combined net monthly income. (Be patient, the guidelines take a minute to load) Hit the "Back" button of your browser when done.
The chart will tell you the total child support amount for both parents, based upon the number of children you have.

5. Enter the total child support amount here.$___________

6. Divide the Father's net monthly income by the combined net monthly income to get Father's percentage of financial responsibility, and put answer here. $___________

7. Divide the Mother's net monthly income by the combined net monthly income to get Mother's percentage of financial responsibility, and put answer here. $___________

8. Multiply the total child support amount by the Father's percentage of financial responsibility to get Father's basic support obligation. Enter number here. $____________

9. Multiply the total child support amount by the Mother's percentage of financial responsibility to get Mother's basic support obligation. Enter number here. $____________

10. Multiply Child Care Costs (Daycare) by .75 (ie 75%) to get the allowable daycare expense, and enter the amount here $___________
(Note that child care costs should not exceed the level required to provide quality care from a licensed source for the child(ren).

11. Multiply the Father's percentage of financial responsibility times the allowable daycare expense to get the father's share of the daycare expense, and enter number here. $_____________

12. Multiply the Mother's percentage of financial responsibility times the allowable daycare expense to get the mother's share of the daycare expense, and enter number here. $_______

13. Enter the amoung spent on health insurance for the child(ren). $_____________

14. Multiply the above health insurance amount times the Father's percentage of financial responsibility to get the Father's share of health insurance obligation. $___________

15. Multiply the above health insurance amount times the Mother's percentage of financial responsibility to get the Mother's share of health insurance obligation. $___________

16. Add amounts from lines 8, 11 and 14 to get the Father's support obligation and enter amount here. $____________

17. Add amounts from lines 9, 12 and 15 to get the Mother's support obligation and enter amount here. $____________

Note that the Florida child support statute indicates when there can be a deviation from the child support guidelines.(Such as when non custodial parent spends a "substantial" or "significant" amount of time with children, or conversely when non custodial parent does not spend much time with children. And there is also the question of whether the existence of "subsequent" children (ie children living with a parent who were born or adopted after the support obligation arose) is justification to deviate from the child support guidelines.)